Dunman High School
| Dunman High School 德明政府中学 Démíng Zhèngfǔ Zhōngxué |
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10 Tanjong Rhu Rd, Singapore 436895 Mountbatten, Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°17′56″N 103°52′58″E / 1.29889°N 103.88278°ECoordinates: 1°17′56″N 103°52′58″E / 1.29889°N 103.88278°E |
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| Type | Government-aided, Autonomous, Integrated Programme Special Assistance Plan (SAP) |
| Motto | 诚·信·勇·忠 (Honesty, Trustworthiness, Moral Courage, Loyalty) |
| Established | 14 October 1956 |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 3101 |
| Principal | Mr Low Teck Eng Tony |
| Enrolment | approx. 2,400 |
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Red, Blue, White |
| Mission | To nurture our students to Care, to Serve , and to Lead. 培育“关怀、服务、领导”社会的德明人。 |
| Vision | The premier school of Leaders of Honour. 培育“堂正君子、社稷栋梁” 的顶尖学府。 |
| Website | dunmanhigh |
Dunman High School (DHS) (simplified Chinese: 德明政府中学; traditional Chinese: 德明政府中學; pinyin: Démíng Zhèngfǔ Zhōngxué; Wade–Giles: te2ming2 cheng4fu3 chung1hsüeh2) is an autonomous co-educational secondary school in Singapore offering the Integrated Programme and the Special Assistance Plan (SAP). It is one of the leading co-educational high schools in Singapore in terms of academic results, and one of the largest government schools in Singapore in terms of physical area.
On 14 October 1956, in the midst of the Chinese middle schools riots, the Ministry of Education established the predecessor of Dunman High School, Kallang West Government Chinese Middle School, along with other schools like River Valley High School and Hua Yi Secondary School . It was renamed Dunman High School after Thomas Dunman.
In the 1956 riots, Chinese middle-school students who subscribed to the communist ideology staged sit-ins and demonstrations, disrupted classes, and in effect shut their schools down. The function of the newly established Kallang West Government Chinese Middle School was to allow students who had no wish to be embroiled in communism to have a place to study. The premises of a newly built primary school at Mountbatten Road were loaned, and the initial enrolment included about 100 boys from The Chinese High School, with 10 teachers. In December 1957 the school moved to Dunman Road and was renamed "Dunman Government Chinese Middle School".
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